Automated Liquid Handling Accuracy Patents: Who Leads 2026
Automated Liquid Handling Accuracy Patents: Filing Trends and Leaders
Concentrated at the top. the top 5 assignees hold 81.3% of all 48 records in scope, and the top 10 hold 97.9% — this is a field with almost no long tail left to claim into. Filings peaked at 17 in 2017, cooled through the early 2020s, and have since climbed back from 4 records in 2021 to 5 in 2024 — a 25% increase over that three-year span. Treat 2025 and 2026 as incomplete rather than declining.
- 1SELUX DIAGNOSTICS20
- 2INTEGRA BIOSCI CORP6
- 3AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC5
- 4ARTEL4
- 5MOLE GENETICS4
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- The complete ranking, not just the top five
- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions
How concentrated is the automated liquid handling accuracy patent landscape?
It is highly concentrated. The top 5 assignees account for 81.3% of all 48 records in scope, and the top 10 account for 97.9%. The full ranked list covers only 13 companies, so a new entrant is competing in a field where nearly every existing record already sits with a known player rather than scattered across many small filers.
Is filing activity in this space growing or slowing down?
Filings peaked at 17 records in 2017, cooled afterward, and then grew from 4 records in 2021 to 5 in 2024, a 25% increase over that span. The years 2025 and 2026 look lower only because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, so those figures are still filling in rather than showing a genuine decline.
Which technical areas have the most patent claim density?
G01N, material analysis and testing, appears in 75.0% of the 48 records and is by far the most claimed subclass. C12Q (enzyme/DNA measurement) follows at 43.8%, with B01L (lab apparatus) and C12M (bioreactor and enzyme apparatus) each at 29.2%. Robotic manipulation (B25J) and flow/volume measurement (G01F) are each present in only 4.2% of records, marking them as comparatively open ground.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Automated Liquid Handling Accuracy covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.